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Gigantic machines in action in Chuquicamata copper mine! A huge power shovel (left) digging and loading fragmented mineral on Komatsu trucks produces clouds of dirt. It’s hard to grasp the distances, but this photo is taken from 2 kilometers away. . . #mineriachilena #chuquicamata #chuqui #antofagasta #chile #codelco #calama #atacama #miners #mining #minero #undergroundmining #chilegram #mineriachilena #cobre #copper #mines #travelphotography #travel #solotravel #photography #instachile #southamerica #latinamerica #minerals #caliche #truck #komatsu #solotravel #giganticmachines (at Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2jI523C4Vj/?igshid=1870bc9a5c66a

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The Komatsu trucks in the Chilean copper mine of Chuquicamata have approximately the size of a single-family house and can load up to 360 tons of ore each. They have 84 trucks. Some facts: - Each Komatsu truck has a value of 5 million dollars. - The truck consumes 2000 liters (530 gallons) of fuel each 8 hours. - It takes a truck 1 hour and a half to complete the round trip from the highest section of the mind to the lowest. . . #mineriachilena #chuquicamata #chuqui #antofagasta #chile #codelco #calama #atacama #miners #mining #minero #undergroundmining #chilegram #mineriachilena #cobre #copper #mines #travelphotography #travel #solotravel #photography #instachile #southamerica #latinamerica #minerals #caliche #truck #komatsu #solotravel (at Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2fD0pBCUNz/?igshid=utjpdxbsrns1

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Chuquicamata. It’s hard to imagine the size of this mine. Even while standing right next to it, it was hard to grasp. Along the sides of the mine trucks slowly zigzagged up and down over unpaved roads that were constantly kept wet by other trucks to keep down the dust. Since the driver sits on the left, the lane used by the trucks inside the mine has been switched to the left side for security reasons: this way the driver either drives along the upper wall or sits directly on the canyon side. . . The Komatsu trucks in the Chilean copper mine of Chuquicamata have approximately the size of a single-family house and can load up to 360 tons of ore each. When loaded, the Komatsu truck weighs up to 840 tons! . . #mineriachilena #chuquicamata #chuqui #antofagasta #chile #codelco #calama #atacama #miners #mining #minero #undergroundmining #chilegram #mineriachilena #cobre #copper #mines #travelphotography #travel #solotravel #photography #instachile #southamerica #latinamerica #minerals #caliche (at Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2cNBKMifet/?igshid=5n7ps5gd4pzb